Substructure for stoves



May 15, 1923. 1,455,053

w. w. HOLLOWAY ET AL.

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' ATTORNEY May 15, 1923. 1,455,053

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SUBSTRUCTURE FOR ST OVES s Sheets-She't s Filed July 26, 1922 I NVE! NT 1:! H5 1 1 srrss VTILLIAM W. HOLLOWAY, OF VIHEELING,

OFMAR'IINS FERRY, OHIO, ASSI GNORS TO WHITAKER-GLESSNER COMPANY, OF.

PTENT oFFic wns'r VIRGINIA, AND HENRY Marianas,

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ACORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SUBSTRUCTURE FOB, STOVES.

Application filed July 26, 1922. Serial No. 577,726.

1 ball whom it may) concern:

Be it known that W6,VVILLIA1\[ W. HoLLo- \VAY and IIENRY KIELBERG, citizens of the United States of America, and residents, respectively. of lVheeling, countyof Ohio, and

, State of lVest Virginia. and Martins Ferry,

county of Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improyements in substructures for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to substructures for sheet-metal heating stoves, and it has for its primaryobject to provide reinforcing means for the lower, or base, portion of a stove casing for afiordingto said portion relatively great strength and rigidity, and which also constitutesa stable mounting forthe stove supporting legs.

A further object isto provide, in a sub-1 structure for stoves, a sheet-metal leg mounting of substantial form, and to which the legs may be conveniently attached.

A still further object'is to provide a substructure ofthe character mentioned which includes a novel and substantial form of sheet-metal leg. I

In describing the invention in detail, ref erence is herein had to the accompanying drawings,in which v Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of the lower portion of a heating stove constructed in accordance with the present invention; 1

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a frag-- ment-ary portion of the stove and an attached front leg;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same with front and rear legs attached;

Figure 5 is a lower end elevation of the same;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the upper plate of the combination reinforcing device and leg mounting;

Figure 7 is a section on line 'T7 Fig. 6;

Figure 8 is an edge View of the same;

Figure 9 is a bottom plan view of the lower plate or panel of said reinforcing device and leg mounting;

Figure 10 is a section on line 1010, Fig. 9;

Figure 11 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 12 is a top and r Figure the same.

plan view of a rear leg;

13 is an inner" side elevation of Referring to saidvdrawings, 1 2 and 3 indicate outwardly pressed semi-cylindrical beads or rolls formed, respectively, upon the.

lower edgeportion of aside wall 1, the

front fender portion 2, andithe rear Wall 3 of a sheet-metal stove or heater casing, said rolls. being located in a common horizontal plane and having their terminal edges directed inward horizontally.

Fitted into closely embracing relation to the opposite end portions of the roll 1 are roll portions 4 formed on the outer lateral. edge of a narrow panel4 which is madeof sheet metal of'heavy gauge so as to be relatively stiff and inflexible; and also disposed in similar relation to the adjacent end portlons of the rolls 2 and 3 are roll portions 4 and4v formed on the opposite ends of said panel 4. Said rolls 4 and' 4 occupy mitered relation to the adjacent rolls 4, as is shown in Fig.9.. The inner lateral. edge of said panel is bent downwardto form a depending stiffening flange/4 Mounted over or above the panel 4 is a substantially rectangularplate or panel 5 which has its outer lateral edge 5 a-nd'its opposite ends 5 and 5,bent 0r curledupward to conformably fit interiorly in seated relation to the terminal edges of the rolls 1, 2 and 3* of the casing walls; Holes 4 and 5 areprovided.respectively, in said panels 4 and 5,, for the reception 0t an attaching, bolt 6 whereby said panels are se cured in the seated positions stated in clamping relation to the rollsof the casing.

Longitudinally extending ribs 4 are preferably providedin the panel 4 for stiffening purposes, and similar ribs 5? are preferably providedin' the panel 5. One or all of the ribs of one of the panels may be located in register with the ribs in the other panel, as shown at the right in Fig. 2, so that they may substantially interengage for preventing relative lateral shifting of. the

panels when attached together by the single 7 bolt 6.

Provided in the opposite end portions of the panels 4 and 5 are holes 4 and 5*: de-

signed ti, occupy registering relation and adapted to receive bolts 7 whereby are attached a front leg 8 and a rear leg 9. The front leg is preferably of an ornamental form and may be either cast or pressed, it having a flat head portion adapted to seat against the flat under face of the front end of said panel 4;. The rear leg is formed of a single sheet-metal blank pressed to form a side wall 9 and a rear wall 9* disposed at right angles to each other and preferably having a vertical outstanding bead 9 at the angle between said walls. The upper end 5) of said rear leg is formed by turning the end of. the blank inward at right angles to the walls 9" and 9 and taking up the eX- cess metal by forming therein two triangular folds 9 Provided in said end is a pluralit-y of suitably located bolt holes 9 through which the attaching bolts 7 are directed.

, From the foregoing, it will be apparent that each of the panels a and 5 complements the other in the formation of a. mounting for the stove supporting legs and which additionally, serves as a reinforcement whereby the lower ends of the casing walls 1, 2 and 3 are rigidly held in permanently fixed relation.

l Vhat is claimed is l. The C0111l)l]l2till0ll with a sheet-metal store casing having outwardly pressed termi, nal rolls or approximately semi-cylindrical shape formei'i on the lower ends of its front, side and rear walls, of upper and lower panel-members adapted'to be disposed in clamping relation to the terminal edges of said rolls, the lower of. said members being shapedto embrace a side-wall roll and the adjacent ends of the rolls of the front and rear walls, and the upper member being adapted for having its outer lateral edge seat interiorly of said side-wall roll, and means for attaching said plates together, said membe sbeing adapted for having stove supporting legs attached thereto.

2. The con'ibination with a sheet-metal stove casing having outwardly pressed terminal rolls of approximately semi-cylindrical shape formed on the lower ends of its front, side and rear walls, of upper and lower panel-like members adapted to be disposed in clamping relation to the terminal edges of said rolls, the lower of said members having its outer lateral edge shaped to form a roll portion for embracing the roll of said side wall and having its opposite ends shaped to form rolls for embracing the adjacent ends of the rolls of the front and rear walls, and the upper of said members being adapted to seat in overlying relation to the terminal edges of the rolls of said casing and to be rigidly attached intermediate its ends to said lower member, and means for attaching legs to'said members.

8. The combination with a sheet-metal stove casing having outwardly pressed terminal rolls of approximately semi-cylindrical shape formed on the lower ends of its front, side and rear walls, of a pair of complemental members adapted to reinforce the lower end of said casing and to afford a mounting for stove-supporting legs, said members being attached together in seated clamping relation to the upper and under surfaces of the terminal edges of said rolls, ft. The combination with a sheet-metal stove casing having outwardly pressed terminal rolls of approximately semi-cylindrical shape formed on the lower ends of its front, side and rear walls, of a pair of complemental members adapted to reinforce the lower end of said casing and to afford a mounting for stow-supporting legs, said members being detachably secured in clamping relation to said rolls, the upper member being fitted to seat interiorly with respect to said rolls, and the lower member being fitted to embrace said rolls exteriorly.

5. The combination with a sheet-metal stove casing having outwardly pressed terminal rolls of approximately semi-cylindrical shape formed on the lower ends of its front, side and rear walls, of a pair of com plemental members adapted to reinforce the lower end of said casing and to afford a, mounting for stove-supporting legs, said members being detachably secured in clamping relation to said rolls, the upper member having its opposite ends seated within the rolls of the front and rear walls and its 

